Loom.



No. 849,163.' PATLNTED APR. 2, 1907.

' J. RIGBY.

LOOM,

APPLICATION TILEDMAY 19, 1906.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 1.

WITNESSES: 53', 6. f 7%? MJ/Ww@ v PATENTED APRJZ, 1907.

J. 13mm. LOOM.'

APELIGATION FILED MAY 19,1906.

ATTORNEYS;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

-ccnstruciicn, unil Fig.. iiius met? meer, cr Pires invented certain newand useful Improvements in Looms and i do hereby declare the idler-fingto s fuli, clear, und c-:nctdetion @fthe inveniion,V such xviii ens-bieskiiieci in the artt@ which it appersins ineke and use the same,reference being had te the scccmpnnying drawings, snai to letters cireference marked thereon, which crni a cf this speci'licai-ion.

Mju present i vcnticn relates to icmns, snfl it has in View to soconstruct s. loom, particle iarly with respect to itssiiiittie-actimting means, as tc maire it adapted not only tc theWeaving ci severa-i Webs or widths ct gemis ltfe time, but to theWeaving ci' different Widths.

' (Ether objects :irc te simplify and chezipen the ccnsi'ucticn withrele. outputand render 'it more duraiilc, imiter adapted for generalweer and teer. ani'nxcre inechci'iicnliy perfect in Various respects'than iccins :it present in common use having' thc pivotcii indiens-tickas the essential clement of the shnitic-nctiniting means. n

'These objects und others of more nr i-'ess importance i accomplish withthe loom shown by ii'aiy ci illustration in the eccompanjfing drawings,wl

Figuri- 1s s View in side elevation ci my imprcved icmn. Fig. 2 is aiYicw in front cic- *fstion of said icc-1n, terrein parts being brokenaway. Fig. E3 is :i View in plan on L larger smile ci" thc hatten undother parts carried ny :unl niljciningr the sume. Fig. 4 is e. verticalsectional View of the hutten. taken just to the left of'cnc cl' thexniclicrs, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is :L detail View illusrining the picker itraites certain cris ci' my invention. :is adapted to n buxlhcln, tln-AView being' in plain.

in scid drawings, a is the 100m-freine; the b1ezist-hemn j c, thelay-swords carrying the betten ci of si'ccinlconstruction, as hereiibafter described g fg' thix cani-shaft icurnaled in the freine ay annicarrying cunlsf and g; la. the. nisc .icurnaled 1n the 'rzimcc and Iconnected inthe usuel manner with the iiiycrank-smit swords by theiitrnen fi; ji,t he harness) and c the ccntreilerueverfei sin@ parts,excepting Per I Specicston of Letters Patent. Applica-tion ledliay 19,19GB.

l l tion to its pos-'sible l l i l l l. I. l

eii'i-cts or fails to ellix -wii-ll or swell s of theshuttle-hox.

nr cresce.

ASSIGNQR OF ONEHALF T) SGN, NEW JERSEY.'

N, NEX/V JERSEY, WILLAIVI HQLT, OF DATER Eatented April 2, 19S?. SerialNo. 317.664

the 1satten, being arranged and constructed suhstantialiy the seine asin orfiinery iconis. At suitable distances ijn. the beck Waii 3 cf thebetten are arranged reeds' m. These may be of any wi th or of differentWidths, if desired, according t0 the respective Wirltlfis of the severe!pieces or Webs which the io'oni is to Weave.. The hatten is formed withu' verticei slot n, which may, if desired, be ccextensive withsubstantially the Whois length of the betten and which is covered hy ete?, or race plate o, secured on the tcp of the inw ten by slots ,Ycoinciding With the slcim and smerige-ii each `between twoWeaving-spaces.

The sec i nneilizitely back of each sint q is formed with a lslit fr, inwhich plays s sweli s, forniing the beck Wall of a shuttle-hex whosefront wali is 'i'ormed'by jllstehiy secured on the top Or race plate 0Eiichsweii is provided on its` back 'with two clips u, which receive theiipper ends of iin.- `ers fo, carried-'hy a roch-shaft w, 'which'inicrunied in brackets as, secured to the beck of the betten, therebeing one such rccl-siiaift for each two fingers. Eschsheft carries edagger y, which prcjects forwardly under ,the hatten and .is adapted toengage cr miss engaging :i longitudsmily-movable knock-nii bar z,sliding in brackets Z @n.the breastbenm according es the presence orabsence ni a shuttie in theccrrcsponding shuttlebcx ct the movement ofthe Bair 'e is ncrnmlly puiled to the right by. s spring 2, connectingit with the breast-beam. When. ii notch 3 in said bar is engaged with astop 4, the spring is under'tcnsion, and upon the ber being disengagedfrom said stop by one cf the (leggere 'y it cil'ects the shipping of'the con ircller in s manner and by means well known tion of the backWeil l of the hatten the usual strip t, 2rdin' the nrt and unuecessarytoparticulariy descrlh'e and show herein, and stops the 10cm.

5 designates piatesprings carried' by the' brackets 1 und actngto press`the bar 'c figa-inst the stop 4.

There will of course be as many shiitties es there are'webs orpiecesofgoods to be Woven.

I, is contemplated that the's'hutties move back and fortion the l'syorbetten together, y

each with respect tcjits pmtficuiar web', sind that esch of theshuttie-boxes- (except the end ones) shall serve for two adjoiningshutties, one entering and leaving it `from one side and the otherentering and leaving it from the other side. I therefore provide thefollowing mechanism for actuating the shuttles.

On the hatten over the slots nare arranged to slide pickers 6, eachcomposed, preferably, of laminae of leather riveted together, best shown.in Fig. 5, and formed with a narrow vertical opening 7. Depending fromthe hatten is a series oi brackets S, carrying rollers 9, on which runsthe upper bar l0 oi a sliding frame comprising said bar, a parallel bar11, and plates 12, which hold said bars in 'fixed relation to eachother. By this arrange- A'ment bar 10 is braced throughout its entirelength, so that it is prevented from losing shape, and so running untrueon the rollers,

In bar 10 at suitable intervals corresponding to the distances betweenshuttle-boxes are series oi vertical narrow openings 13.

14 designates one of the spring pickingiiIigerS, (see Fig'. 5,) eachconsisting of a wire bent in its middle portion to form a sort oi' loopl5 and having its extremities bent in opposite directions, as at i6'.One of these picking-fingers is mounted in the bar 10 in the mannershown in Fig. 5, where its loop projects upwardly through one of theopenings of the series of openings 13, while its extremities 1G lie iiatagainstthe under side of the bar and are there held by clips 17,surrounding the same and the bar. Each linger is removable fromthe barby simply slipping the clips lengthwise oi the bar until the extremities16 are cleared. f

The sliding traine is reciprocated from the cams f by igeans of levers18, tulo-ruined at' l Q in the loom-frame, and llexible connections 20,passing over "pulleys 2l, journaled in brackets 22, carried by thebatten.

23 are levers actua-ted from the cams g for vcontrolling the sheddizn" f-"f'1--zni;"fa. tNot shown.)

Fig. 6 shows my ,invention adapted to a box-loom, 24 being a cellularshuttle-box n'mvable vertically 1n the usual manner and by theemployment oi' well-known means in a recess 2:5 cut in the bar-hol' thehatten, 2o entrance-guides for the shuttle, and 27, 2R, and 29 beingrespectively the sliding frame, picking-linger, and picker (amstructedand arranged substantially the saine as the cor-- responding partsalready described, except that they operate with reference to the bachol the hatten instead olA with reference to its under sii'le,where theywould be in tho way of the vertically-moving shuttle-box.

The operation ol my iniprovml loom will be apparent `from the foregoingdescription, the reciprocations oi the picking-fingers ,les

alternately throw one and then the other of the two shuttles which arecontrolled by each of said'picking-ingers except the end ones. It willbe observed that the action of the pickers on'the shuttles and of thepickinglingers on the pickers is at all times a straight thrust, so thatfriction is not only eliminated, 'but the danger of throwing a shuttleoit the lay reduced to the minimum.

have considerableelasticity, contributes considerably to impart to theshuttles just that Again, the,v form of the picking-lingers, wherebythey motion which is necessary in a properlyprising a series of springpicking-lingers, pickers arranged on said picking-lingers, and a supportfor said picking-iingers movable parallel with the hatten, substantiallyas described. n

2. In a loom, the combination of the bat,- ten, and a shuttle-actuatingmeans comprising a sliding bar extending parallel with the hatten andmovable longitudinally, spring :picking-lingers detachably secured tosaid bar, and pickers arranged o'n said iin gers, substantiallydescribed. l

3. In a loom, the combination of the batten and a shuttle-actuatingmeans comprising a sliding bar extending parallel with the hatten IOOand movablelongitudinally, wire picking-- `lingers having loop-shapedportions extending yupwardly from said bar, and pickers arranged on theloop-shaped portions of said lingers, substantially as described.

4. In a loom, the combination of the batten having a verticala slotextending t proximately from one end thereof to t e ,nthely pickers,devices for actuating said pickers engaged therewith and projectingthrough said slot, and a plate having alined slots receiving saiiddevices, said plate being removably secured on the top of the hattenwhereby to be interchangeable with another or other plates having slotsoi"V diflerent lengths, substantially as described. i

ln testimony that I claim the lorogoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th dayof lil/lay, 1906.

' JAMES llGBY. I'Vitnesses:

rlo] i .v W. S'rnwann,

with the sliding frame causing the pickers toA WILLIAM lloL'r.

IXO

